Oh Crikey.

[James Deuce]

$13995.

Brand New 2004 R6

http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/2004/2004-yam-r6-02-3.jpg

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

I haven't been this tempted in a long tme.

Somebody encourage me quickly!

[White trash]

'Snot a fuggin Suzuki!

[jrandom]

What on earth would you want one of *them* for?

[Motoracer]

Go for it Jim!! They are the best damn sports bikes for the road I've ever ridden! For that money, who wouldn't want one?

[jrandom]

'Snot a fuggin Suzuki!

Who are you?

[James Deuce]

'Snot a fuggin Suzuki!

'Snot an offer to sell me a GSXR600 for $13995!

[James Deuce]

What on earth would you want one of *them* for?
Mmmmm shiny.

[T.I.E]

go on go on peer pressure. looks hot fast quick dam sexy go for it. if you can afford it dam yes.
dam it looks like a seious ammount of fun too.

[James Deuce]

Go for it Jim!! They are the best damn sports bikes for the road I've ever ridden! For that money, who wouldn't want one?
Cheers! (Tightens wife negotiation chip.)

[riffer]

Buy it NOW!!!!

before any more children arrive to ruin the cashflow...


and can I have a ride please....

You can have a turn on my new one... :whistle:

[James Deuce]

You can have a turn on my new one... :whistle:

Absolutely! The RF would remind me how Torque works again.

[TonyB]

Buy it! We need to think of some manipulative statements Jim can use to win over the wife.
Tell you what worked well for me last time:
"I'm 32 years old and I've never had a nice bike" Worked a bloody charm, she even admitted that was what did it- nearly broke her heart :msn-wink:

[vifferman]

Ah mate, she's a hard job finding the perfect line to win over the wife. :yes: Doesn't help that the rules of engagement are constantly shifting...

Strangely, my wife responded best to me admitting my bike was an expensive toy, and threatening to sell it whenever she moaned about money. :confused:

(That was the original wife; the pod person imposter likes bikes, and talked me into buying the VifFerraRi against my own better judgement...)

[Hitcher]

But do they come in yellow? You now have a "reputation" to uphold, you realise...

Sharp price, but.

[jrandom]

We need to think of some manipulative statements Jim can use to win over the wife.

I don't think I'm qualified on this one.

[inlinefour]

I'm after the 2005 CBR600RR, if I could get one at that price, I'd be out there riding now! If the Yammy is your thing then go for it :niceone:

[vifferman]

I'm after the 2005 CBR600RR, if I could get one at that price, I'd be out there riding now!
I know a guy who bought one of those very recently. Very nice.
I think he paid ~$17k, including a couple of helmets and some other gear.

[That Guy]

R6/GSXR/CBR/ZX6 - Doesn't matter - all the modern 600s are weeeekid. Regret will not happen. Get it. Get it now. Get it now now now (but tell the wife first, just arriving home on it without telling her first would be regretful)

[Eddieb]

Go on, you know you want to.

[Lou Girardin]

Cheers! (Tightens wife negotiation chip.)

Buy it!
Then tell her. (he says bravely)

[James Deuce]

Buy it!
Then tell her. (he says bravely)
You live under the house, don't you?

[crashe]

look you want it, BUT buy it with the wife's permission of course....

and be prepared to either be man handleded every night of the week..... for the next few months.... and you had better be up to it as well...... lol
OR be in the dog box for a few weeks... for not being up to it....lol.

Gee not a lot of choices there mate....lol.

Best you get her full hearted permission.

The other thing can you afford the bike?

(pt) :cool:

[Joni]

If I could do it... I would not think twice....
Thats a REALLY nice bike Jim...
:2thumbsup

[Oscar]

Buy it! We need to think of some manipulative statements Jim can use to win over the wife.
Tell you what worked well for me last time:
"I'm 32 years old and I've never had a nice bike" Worked a bloody charm, she even admitted that was what did it- nearly broke her heart :msn-wink:

Ha! I gave herindoors a very similar line: ...I don't want to be sitting outside the old folks home in my wheel chair, see a {insert make/model} go past and say "I coulda owned one of those"....

Didn't work.
She laughed.
A lot...

[jrandom]

"...I don't want to be sitting outside the old folks home in my wheel chair, see a {insert make/model} go past..."

She laughed.
A lot.

And then wheeled you back out onto the porch?

[Slingshot]

OK...This is what I would do.

Tell her all about it and how you've wanted an R6 for ages, promise her that if you get it you won't be out riding all the time but would insist on spending weekends etc with her. It's coming into the shitty weather season so you probably wouldn't be out riding as much as she's used to anyway. Come summer, you've got a nice R6 and she would have forgotten about the promises you made ;)

The other option is embodied in the following phrase "Forgiveness is easier than permission".

[Coyote]

GO FOR IT NOW, RUN, RUN TO THE DEALER!!!

[James Deuce]

OK...This is what I would do.

Tell her all about it and how you've wanted an R6 for ages, promise her that if you get it you won't be out riding all the time but would insist on spending weekends etc with her. It's coming into the shitty weather season so you probably wouldn't be out riding as much as she's used to anyway. Come summer, you've got a nice R6 and she would have forgotten about the promises you made ;)

The other option is embodied in the following phrase "Forgiveness is easier than permission".

Thanks for the (thoroughly expected) majority vote on the support folks. I theeeeenk that a few of the strategies worked and the discussion is in favour of the (I'm giggling and giddy - you'll have to imagine this bit) purchase.

I'll let you know how my discussions with a certain salesperson at Sawyers go. (teeheheheheheheheheheheheheheee)

Of course I might just take Lou's path, and combine it with Slingshot's wisdom. (Teeeheeeheeeheeeeee)

[Coyote]

Talking about being really tempted: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports-tourer/auction-25078541.htm

[madboy]

My latest bike only cost me a dog. Well, more accurately, it cost me the agreement for her to purchase a dog. Something I wasn't entirely against to start with. Kinda a win-win thing.

But I'm a bit concerned that you'll now be kicking my ass in traffic all the time if you go for the R6...

[NC]

Fuck fuck-a-tee ARSE!!

Thanks, heaps....Now I want one...

[Krayy]

I'd go for either the begging angle or the guilt....

Begging = "Hey H....Remember how you love me so much? Well you could reallllly show me just how much by letting me buy this!"

Guilt = "You know if I were still single, I'd have bought this. Thanks a lot darling."

[2_SL0]

Well my opinion is completly biased, BUY THE DAMN THING.

[LB]

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Let us know when you get it!
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[matthewt]

Buy it!
Then tell her. (he says bravely)

I did that once, it needs to be done VERY carefully.

[James Deuce]

I just put a hold on it.

My legs have gone all quivery.

[Deano]

Ah mate, she's a hard job finding the perfect line to win over the wife.

I generally use the safety angle as leverage.

"I need sticky tyres cause they grip better and are safer.

I need a new helmet, jacket etc because they are the latest technology and are safer.

I need new pipes so people can hear me coming - ie safer.

Whoops the new pipes have created a misfire - not very safe mid corner when it stutters......I need a power commander to smooth things out."

Or in your case Jim, you NEED that bike cause it has the latest tech and as MR says, it is the best sports road bike he has ridden. Good brakes and handling equals safer.

Just DO IT !!!

[Oscar]

And then wheeled you back out onto the porch?


I'd still be faster than you in a wheel chair, little boy...

[svs]

Remember that the 2004 model. The R6 changed heaps with 2005 but yamaha NZ have too many of the old stock to clear before they'll release any of the new models. Still sharp price though.

[James Deuce]

Remember that the 2004 model. The R6 changed heaps with 2005 but yamaha NZ have too many of the old stock to clear before they'll release any of the new models. Still sharp price though.
I know precisely what I am buying. The R6 for 2005 has had fuel injection, ECU, front end, and front tyre changes. The 2004 R6 is still waaaaay better than I am.

[Hitcher]

I just put a hold on it.

My legs have gone all quivery.
Ooh, how exciting! But is it yellow?

[vifferman]

I generally use the safety angle as leverage.

"I need sticky tyres cause they grip better and are safer.

I need a new helmet, jacket etc because they are the latest technology and are safer.

I need new pipes so people can hear me coming - ie safer.

Whoops the new pipes have created a misfire - not very safe mid corner when it stutters......I need a power commander to smooth things out."
:lol:
Yeah, me too. A combination of the safety angle (where it's believable) and the "protecting the investment" angle: "Well, if I don't spend this money on racing camchain tensioners, the engine could well blow up!"

[jrandom]

Ooh, how exciting! But is it yellow?

What, his quivery leg?

[jrandom]

In any case, a yellow R6 wouldn't be a banana. Chili pod, maybe.

[James Deuce]

Ooh, how exciting! But is it yellow?
It is exactly the same as the picture I posted, sans the US market reflectors.

[That Guy]

Don't worry about no FI - I rode my mates 99 R6 which only had a filter and pipe - Isle of Mann Madness - high speed wheelies and awesome top end. I swear I looked just like John McGuiness going down Bray Hill.

You'll love it.

[James Deuce]

Don't worry about no FI - I rode my mates 99 R6 which only had a filter and pipe - Isle of Mann Madness - high speed wheelies and awesome top end. I swear I looked just like John McGuiness going down Bray Hill.

You'll love it.
Oops - wasn't very clear was I :) The 2005 has a different FI map to the 2004.

[That Guy]

Even better!

[jrandom]

It is exactly the same as the picture I posted, sans the US market reflectors.

Oooh, nice.

I hear the red Yamahas are fastest...

[gav]

Its a bargain, but you knew that....whats the trade in like?
If paying cash you could get a 2001 R1 for $11500?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports-tourer/auction-24679085.htm

[Coyote]

Brought the bike yet Jim?

[NC]

Brought the bike yet Jim?
pine pine pine pine

[James Deuce]

Its a bargain, but you knew that....whats the trade in like?
If paying cash you could get a 2001 R1 for $11500?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports-tourer/auction-24679085.htm

I would last about two weeks before being extracted from the scenery with tweezers if I bought an R1. I can say without ego that an R1 and ilk is too daunting a prospect when one measures self-control vs self-interest. Plus I really, really want to buy a NEW bike. One that doesn't have someone else's bum grease on it.

[James Deuce]

Brought the bike yet Jim?

'tis being organised and negotiated.

[Hitcher]

'tis being organised and negotiated.
Mrs2 vs Brendan... Can I watch?

[Hitcher]

pine pine pine pine
Pining for the fjords?

[gav]

Plus I really, really want to buy a NEW bike. One that doesn't have someone else's bum grease on it.
Have u not had new bike before? I've only ever brought 2 brand new bikes, both Hondas...

[John]

Have u not had new bike before? I've only ever brought 2 brand new bikes, both Hondas...
Sorry to hear that :lol: (pt)

[Skunk]

I was expecting to walk back in and see you and the bike gone...
No, wait. Not see you and the bike gone.
No, that's not it either.
Find you and the bike gone.
Uh.
See a space where you and the bike were.
Got it.

[James Deuce]

I was expecting to walk back in and see you and the bike gone...
No, wait. Not see you and the bike gone.
No, that's not it either.
Find you and the bike gone.
Uh.
See a space where you and the bike were.
Got it.

As Hitcher has noted, I cannot deny my wife one of her singualr pleasures - torturing vehicle salesman. The opening shots have been fired. All that remains is to summon the "special" ambulance with the nice young men, in their clean white coats, to take the poor salesman away.

[gav]

Plus I really, really want to buy a NEW bike. One that doesn't have someone else's bum grease on it.
:lol: Fair enough, only ever bought 2 new bikes, both Hondas....
The 89 VFR400R was a NZ new model costing $10 000 :confused: It might not look it in the photo, but I'd picked up a S/H tank, got some race fairings made up and painted and went racing!!!
Then traded it for $8000 on a brand new 1990 CBR600FL, had it a week before it fell over on the grass and put a crack in the fairing, right behind that little fox head sticker :whistle:

[sels1]

My latest bike only cost me a dog.


Mine cost jewellery.......but at least we both got what we wanted!

[StoneChucker]

Stopped in at Sawyers/Motorad to pick up some R4 Superbike oil, which is very very slick, so I'll have the utmost lubrication possible for the track, thereby making it impossible to catch me, therefore... wait, where was I??

Oh yes, saw Jim2 and Linda_Blair :ride: Linda doing a recon run and Jim eyeing up the R6. Strangely enough I found myself looking at it even before I knew what Jim was doing there. I reckon you should buy it Jim, red IS a great color :msn-wink:

First purchase I would suggest though, is an aftermarket pipe :niceone:

[James Deuce]

Have u not had new bike before? I've only ever brought 2 brand new bikes, both Hondas...

I've had one. A 1990 GSXR250 for $5995, bought from Robert Futter at WMCC, who now sells Renault cars.

It was lovely to run it in and have that new bike smell lingering.

[James Deuce]

:lol: Fair enough, only ever bought 2 new bikes, both Hondas....
The 89 VFR400R was a NZ new model costing $10 000 :confused: It might not look it in the photo, but I'd picked up a S/H tank, got some race fairings made up and painted and went racing!!

Fark me! Ditto! I knew I liked you for a reason.

One of my favourite bikes. I thrashed the nuts off mine. My mechanic used to give me shit about boiled brake fluid and having to replace footpegs after every meeting.

I never, ever fell off it either. It's the one bike I've owned that I could just thrash to the utter limit. I remember one track day where there was a pillion session, and the girl that jumped on the back nearly jumped off when her right boot touched down in turn one at Manfield. She thought we'd crashed. She was a bit put out when I said I was taking it easy. :)

[riffer]

red IS a great color :msn-wink:

Sure is... here's my new baby.

Maybe we'll be able to christen them both new weekend Jim...

[StoneChucker]

Sure is... here's my new baby.

Maybe we'll be able to christen them both new weekend Jim...
SA-WEEEEEEEEET dude :niceone:
I didn't realise you had already bought a new bike! I'm glad to see you got your priorities sorted :cool:

I'm looking forward to going for a ride with you and Jim2, and everyone else ofcourse!

Don't think I've heard a new R6 being ridden for a decent amount of time

[riffer]

SA-WEEEEEEEEET dude :niceone:
I didn't realise you had already bought a new bike! I'm glad to see you got your priorities sorted :cool:

I'm looking forward to going for a ride with you and Jim2, and everyone else of course!

Well I had to do something to keep you behind me Dave - that fizzer of mine struggled against the R1. Then again, it was restricted to 77HP the last time I rode with you.

Nah seriously, the bike's the only thing I've managed to sort out yet after the fire.

We have a contractor coming around on Monday to decide whether to repair the gargre or knock the sucker down and start again.

I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to itemise everything, clean out the gargre (with the help of Embassy Flooring, who have been awesome :2thumbsup) and looking around at bikes, power tools, more bikes, camping gear, more bikes ...you know the drill. Oh, and spending most nights at the computer looking at bikes.

Now I can spend nights looking for information on my new bike...

:whistle:

[Big Dave]

Just a thought - I have just done some adverts for Triumph Speed 4 at 2 grand less than that. $11,990 - nice bike too.

[James Deuce]

Just a thought - I have just done some adverts for Triumph Speed 4 at 2 grand less than that. $11,990 - nice bike too.

They look crashed.

I rather have a go at making a bike look crashed after a reasonable amount of time looking uncrashed, rather than buying it looking damaged. What's up with the UFO-shaped instrument cover/fly screen?

Thanks for the thought though.

[Big Dave]

They look crashed.

I rather have a go at making a bike look crashed after a reasonable amount of time looking uncrashed, rather than buying it looking damaged. What's up with the UFO-shaped instrument cover/fly screen?

Thanks for the thought though.

yes I know what you mean - the guys I know with them love 'em - personally i think 'fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down' - but they go good. an acquired taste.

I had a chance to jump off Daytona 650 and on to R6 out at Kiwi rider. The daytona has the looks and goes almost as hard as the R6 - in fact has better torque - but 'tis 3k more.

I took a new R1 for a belt earlier in the week too - just sick. my licence would last 2 weeks.

chz

[LB]

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Jim2: Might catch you on the hill or in the Rapa this w/end - the weather forecast is good, particularly for Sunday. Will keep an eye out for the Red Streak.

Celtic6 - congrats on your new toy!!!
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[MacD]

Now I can spend nights looking for information on my new bike...

:whistle:

Excellent choice of bike! I've been very happy with mine and would buy another one.

If I remember correctly the R and S models have a direct coupling to the alternator while the later models added a rubber bush. It is the rubber bush that fails so you're probably OK on that front with the S model. If you haven't already done so, I suggest lubing the choke cable as they are known to jam. Mine was frozen when I bought the bike and got stuck again about six months later.

Otherwise the RF seems a really strong bike and handles fairly neutrally. I played around with my rear shock settings as I found the back was skipping about a bit, but the previous owner had wound all the settings up way too high!?

You can download a service manual from here (http://fjxjr.dyndns.org/rf900/complete_RF900R_Service_Manual.pdf).

Have fun! :niceone:

[merv]

Yeah congrats Celtic spot you on it sometime.